Device for inseam measurements.



F. W. JAGGBI. DEVICE FOR INSEAM MEASUREMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1908.

Patented Feb. 22, 191B.

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DEVICE FOR INSEAIVI MEASUREMENTS.

Specification of Letters IPatent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

Application filed September 24, 1908. Serial No. 454,502.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK V. J ACOBI, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devicesfor Inseam Measurements, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to measuring devices and is particularly applicablefor tailors use in fitting garments.

The chief objects of the improvements which form the subject matter ofthis application are :to provide an instrument especially adapted to aidin taking inseam measurements; to furnish a crotch device to be used incooperation with a tape measure for the purpose stated, and to produce asimple and efficient article by means of which the tape measure can bequickly applied to and temporarily retained in locations notconveniently reached by the fingers while grasping the end of the tape.

A further object of my invention and one that I consider of importanceis to furnish means for retaining the cooperating parts in connectedrelation while in use thus preventing their becoming separated byordinary manipulation and yet that will permit them to be quicklyremoved and replaced as the special use of the measuring tape mayrequire from time to time.

I accomplish the above desirable results by means of the deviceillustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of thisapplication, and in which the details of construction are set forth inthe following views Figure 1 is a side elevation of the plate and tapemeasure attached showing the mannor of its use, only a portion of thetape being shown; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the plate detached fromthe measure; Fig. 3 is an edge View of the plate; Fig. 4 is a side viewof the plate suspended by the tape, showing the action of the retainingmeans, and Fig. 5 is an edge view of a portion of the tape removed fromengagement with the plate.

Referring to the details of the drawing, the numeral 5 indicates a plateof suitable material, having a slot 6 extending parallel with the uppermargin 7 which is preferably made slightly concave, as shown, to fit thecrotch of a pair of trousers, this being the locality in which it isgenerally employed.

I prefer to form the plate 5 of metal, suitably finished, but differentmaterials, such as celluloid, rubber and other suitable substances maybe employed if found de sirable. The shape shown in the drawing is thepreferred form, but the part 8, opposite the slot forming a handle withwhich the implement is grasped may have a different outline if desired.The slot (5 is preferably slightly curved, as shown, to corre spond withthe contour of the end margin 7 and terminates in an enlargement or eye9. I prefer to make this eye circular, as shown, by drilling or punchinga round hole in the process of manufacture, said hole being of greaterdiameter than the slot, thus forming sharp angles or barbs 10 at thepoint of junction of the slot and hole margins. The portion of the platebetween the slot and the margin 7 forms an elongated prong or beak 11,rounded at the extremity, to facilitate the engagement of thecooperating member in the manner hereinafter described. This plate is tobe used in conjunction with an ordinary tape measure 12, upon one end ofwhich is formed a permanent loop 13 made by doubling the extremity over,as shown in Fig. 5 and securing the end by a rivet 1 k or any otherconvenient means.

The manner of using the device in cooperation with a tape measure loopedas shown, is made clear in Fig. 1. The loop 13 is slipped over the beak11 and carried clear to the end of the slot and the tape is thenpermitted to fall to the position shown in Fig. 1 and while the plateheld in one hand with the thumb or fingers upon the tape is carried tothe required position in the crotch, the other hand of the operatormanipulates the free end of the tape while taking the measurement in theusual manner. hen the measurement is determined the plate may be droppedto the position shown in Fig. 4 where it is held suspended by the tapethe point or angle 10 preventing the plate from becoming accidentallydetached from the measure, the tension upon the tape causing its marginto pucker within the aperture 9 which thus renders the engagement of thepoint 10 more effective. This retention of the plate in connection withthe tape when the latter is slaokened or placed upon the arm of theuser, or other support, is a very important feature since the crotchdevice will thus be conveniently at hand when wanted and othermeasurements not requiring the plate may betaken with the same tape linewhile the parts are still connected. A special tape line is shown in thedrawing, having a blank end extending beyond the beginning of thegraduations, to a sufiicient length to allow for the loop 13. Anordinary tape measure having its end looped as shown, may be employed,in which case allowance would have to be made when measuring for theshortening of the graduated portion.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, is

1. A measuring device, comprising a plate provided with an aperture, andhaving a slot extending from one of the side margins of the plate tosaid aperture, said slot and aperture forming a tongue on said plate,and a tape adapted to engage said tongue.

2. A measuring device comprising an oblong plate provided with an opentransverse slot, and a tongue, and a flexible tape adapted to detachablyengage said tongue.

3. A measuring device comprising a plate provided with a slot and aprojection'on one margin of said slot, and a tape provided with a loopadapted to detachably engage said projection, and means on said platefor preventing the accidental displacement of said tape.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

FREDERICK W. JACOB-I.

Witnesses:

WM. B. MooRE, CHAS. F. BASSETT.

